2026 Frank K. Tittel: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	100	1650	1570	872	817	965	36734

Frank K. Tittel publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank K. Tittel sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 965 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Frank K. Tittel D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank K. Tittel sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - SPIE Fellow
1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For significant contributions to highresolution laser spectroscopy, especially the development of new spectroscopic sources and techniques
1986 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of excimer lasers and tunable lasers for high-resolution spectroscopy.

Overview

Frank K. Tittel is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Chemistry, with a marked focus on several specialized subfields.

Their work is especially concentrated in Spectroscopy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Main research topics associated with Frank K. Tittel include:

Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Photonic and Optical Devices
Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations are:

Chuantao Zheng
Yiding Wang
Yù Zhang
Kaiyuan Zheng
Fang Song

Frank K. Tittel publishes regularly in several prominent scientific venues, including:

Infrared Physics & Technology
Applied Physics Letters
Photoacoustics
Optics Express
Optics Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frank K. Tittel demonstrate ongoing contributions to sensor technology and spectroscopy methods. These publications include:

ppb-Level SO₂ Photoacoustic Sensors with a Suppressed Absorption-Desorption Effect by Using a 7.41 μm External-Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser (2020, ACS Sensors)
Ultra-high sensitive trace gas detection based on light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy and a custom quartz tuning fork (2020, Applied Physics Letters)
Three-Dimensional Printed Miniature Fiber-Coupled Multipass Cells with Dense Spot Patterns for ppb-Level Methane Detection Using a Near-IR Diode Laser (2020, Analytical Chemistry)
Trace gas sensing based on multi-quartz-enhanced photothermal spectroscopy (2020, Photoacoustics)
Sensitive methane detection based on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy with a high-power diode laser and wavelet filtering (2020, Optics and Lasers in Engineering)

Recognitions received by Frank K. Tittel include:

SPIE Fellow, 2014
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1990, cited for significant contributions to high-resolution laser spectroscopy, especially the development of new spectroscopic sources and techniques
IEEE Fellow, 1986, for contributions to the development of excimer lasers and tunable lasers for high-resolution spectroscopy

Best Publications

Lanthanum complexes of spheroidal carbon shells

J. R. Heath;S. C. O'Brien;Q. Zhang;Y. Liu

1509
Citations
Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

Anatoliy A. Kosterev

962
Citations
Quantum cascade lasers in chemical physics

Robert F. Curl;Federico Capasso;Claire F. Gmachl;Anatoliy A. Kosterev

685
Citations
Mid-Infrared Laser Applications in Spectroscopy

Frank K. Tittel;Dirk Richter;Alan Fried

658
Citations
Chemical sensors based on quantum cascade lasers

A.A. Kosterev;F.K. Tittel

522
Citations
Applications of quartz tuning forks in spectroscopic gas sensing

Anatoliy A. Kosterev;Frank K. Tittel;Dmitry V. Serebryakov;Alexander L. Malinovsky

484
Citations
Application of quantum cascade lasers to trace gas analysis

A. Kosterev;Gerard Wysocki;Y. Bakhirkin;S. So

481
Citations
Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy: A Review

Pietro Patimisco;Gaetano Scamarcio;Frank K. Tittel;Vincenzo Spagnolo

477
Citations
Measurement of tissue optical properties by time-resolved detection of laser-induced transient stress.

Alexander A. Oraevsky;Steven L. Jacques;Frank K. Tittel

445
Citations
Mie and Rayleigh modeling of visible-light scattering in neonatal skin

Iyad S. Saidi;Steven L. Jacques;Frank K. Tittel

417
Citations
QEPAS based ppb-level detection of CO and N2O using a high power CW DFB-QCL

Yufei Ma;Rafał Lewicki;Manijeh Razeghi;Frank K. Tittel

402
Citations
QEPAS spectrophones: design, optimization, and performance

L. Dong;A. A. Kosterev;D. Thomazy;F. K. Tittel

379
Citations
Atomic Coherence Effects Within the Sodium D1 Line - Lasing Without Inversion via Population Trapping

Edward S. Fry;Xingfu Li;Dmitri Nikonov;G. G. Padmabandu

351
Citations
Widely tunable mode-hop free external cavity quantum cascade laser for high resolution spectroscopic applications

G. Wysocki;R. F. Curl;F.K. Tittel;R. Maulini

321
Citations
Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring.

Hongpeng Wu;Lei Dong;Huadan Zheng;Huadan Zheng;Yajun Yu

321
Citations
Supersonic cluster beams of III–V semiconductors: GaxAsy

S. C. O'Brien;Y. Liu;Q. Zhang;J. R. Heath

320
Citations
Photodetachment and photofragmentation studies of semiconductor cluster anions

Y. Liu;Q.‐L. Zhang;F. K. Tittel;R. F. Curl

319
Citations
Semiconductor cluster beams: One and two color ionization studies of Six and Gex

J. R. Heath;Yuan Liu;S. C. O’Brien;Qing‐Ling Zhang

285
Citations
Recent advances of laser-spectroscopy-based techniques for applications in breath analysis

Matthew R McCurdy;Yury Bakhirkin;Gerard Wysocki;Rafal Lewicki

285
Citations
Chemical sensors based on quantum cascade lasers

F.K. Tittel;A.A. Kosterev;Y.A. Bakhirkin;C.B. Roller

1
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